After thousands of years, including two centuries of industrialization, steelmaking methods are reaching their physical limits. A group of scientists suggests a cheaper, cleaner alternative using electrolysis.
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I think we all need a fear toolkit that helps us navigate the fear in our lives.
The microbial pendulum is swinging back in the direction of embracing germs, and harvesting ancient wisdom into the mass personalization of microbial harmony.
Is innovation best pursued through fear or through long-term thinking?
The environmentally friendly process, which involves a sugar found in most plants, has the potential to turn hydrogen into one of the most important biofuels in the world.
Ideas from modern philosophy hold up better to scrutiny than does Buddhism.
I have great hope that we can continue progress for quite some long time. But eventually in each area progress does slow down a bit.
As artist Robert Williams grew up in his often dysfunctional, divorced home in the 1940s and 1950s, his mother wished he’d become a cowboy. After seeing Cecil B. DeMille’s 1935 […]
A team of researchers has developed a prototype battery that can stretch up to three times its size and can be recharged wirelessly.
Awareness has become obliviousness. And that obliviousness is a result of neatly repeated, ideas that early detection equals survivorship, and a whole lot of women voluntarily losing their breasts.
“It’s absolutely not true that we need natural gas, coal or oil—we think it’s a myth,” said Mark Z. Jacobson, author of a new energy report by the National Research Council.
War is just not something that you see when you go back into human evolution. And culture, in fact, can also help us overcome this very destructive behavior.
To transform mind, body and spirit requires cultivating self-love.
The future of medicine is predictive, personalized, preventative and is moving from being episodic and reactive to continuous and proactive.
I became a writer after I read Tropic of Cancer, by Henry Miller when I was 22. I couldn’t believe somebody wrote that book.
A team at the University of Illinois claims their design could lead to microbatteries that deliver the same power as normal-sized ones, as well as normal-sized batteries that are exponentially more powerful.
Today’s “blacksmith” is a skilled designer/3-D Printer with highly developed skills in CAD design who is able to help locals prototype and create custom products that they concept for various uses.
We now understand that humans are 90% microbial but only 10% human.
For the last three months, and for the first time ever, they’ve produced more electricity than any other source of power currently being used.
It’s never too late to find a mentor. But the most important thing is is to be realistic and practical.
Our global society has entered a period of accelerated change, and these changes are reshaping entire industries, economic models and institutions. Our blind spot comes from the fact that we […]
Adolescent obesity rates would benefit from more adolescent sleep, with the heaviest individuals benefiting the most. Each hour of extra sleep resulted in a reduction of body mass index.
Scientists are getting closer to understanding how “dark lightning” produces bursts of gamma rays that may come in contact with a plane’s passengers and crew.
Solar-powered calculators have been around for decades, but scientists have yet to come up with a smartphone equivalent. However, one company is working on a solar cell that could extend existing battery life.
You need to recognize the cues and the rewards that you usually associate with smoking.
Consulting firm OPower released a report this week showing a drastic drop in household energy use during the 2012 Super Bowl.
As we head out into the future we know that we can predict certain kinds of disruptive technologies.
1. The Bill Gates Condom The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will award a $100,000 grant to the person who invents a next-generation condom that “significantly preserves or enhances pleasure, in […]
Using yeast cells, biochemical engineers at MIT have found a way to boost the production of isobutanol, a chemical which has long been considered a possible alternative to gasoline fuel.
A recent follow-up study involving American University’s dining halls demonstrates that removing trays causes a notable drop in both energy costs and food waste.